In the footsteps of the music industry, comes Del Ray, which in an effort to promote the latest book in the Star Wars Legacy of the Force series, is giving away book one, Betrayal, for free download. It is available at Legacyoftheforce.com as a PDF download, an audio book, and ebook formats suitable for the […]
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A recent survey found that 72.2% of the respondents use social media to research a company’s reputation for customer care before making a purchase, and 74% choose to do business with companies based on the customer care experiences shared by others online.
The survey also found that while 81% of the respondents feel that blogs, online […]
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“Today, only about 7% of mobile subscribers (cell and data) watch video on their phones,” says Forrester Research’s Charles Golvin. But the industry is poised for major growth: Mobile video revenues at domestic carriers jumped to $308 million in the last three months of 2007 from $112 million in the same period a year earlier, […]
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Providing a range of online clinical research training programs comes cliniminds.com - the online avtaar of the company with the same name which was set up in 2004 to offer training solutions in the field of clinical research, pharmaceuticals and healthcare. Online programs include - Advanced Post Graduate Program in Clinical Research; Certificate Program in […]
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Looking to tap new revenue through online ads, attract new viewers and keep loyal fans, broadcast networks are making bigger, riskier bets on Internet delivery of their shows. The latest to put up an entire premier episode was CBS for their series debut of Big Bang Theory last fall according to this article.
The show, about […]
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Microsoft has launched a new test program code-named “Albany” that will provide a subscription based model for Office 2007, instead of the more traditional one-time license fee.
Subscribers would also get Windows Live OneCare, a Web-based security software, and online applications including Windows Live Mail and Office Live Workspace as part of the bundle.
This seems to […]
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“In three years’ time, 20 typical households will generate more traffic than the entire Internet today,” according to Jim Cicconi, vice-president of legislative affairs for AT&T. “The surge in online content is at the centre of the most dramatic changes affecting the Internet today.”
Driving the increasing strain on the infrastructure is video - and with […]
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In an effort to attract bloggers to link to their content, the Encyclopaedia Britannia has come out with web based initiatives - Webshare allows web publishers and bloggers link to Britannica articles, with their readers able to follow those links without an account, while Britannica Widgets allows publishers and bloggers to post an entire cluster […]
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An emphatic yes, by 25%, if you believe this article in Mint.
According to the article, there has been a sharp increase in women subscribers, especially from countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal, apart from US, UK, UAE and European nations, for social networking sites.
Convincing women used to be a problem for […]
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According to the February 2008 stats from the comScore Video Metrix, U.S. Internet users viewed more than 10 billion online videos during the month, representing a 3% gain versus January and a 66% gain versus February 2007. Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with nearly 3.6 billion videos viewed (35.4% […]
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